New Castle’s Compact Membrane Systems will spend $3.1 million to expand to meet market demand and triple its workforce, with state grants paying about one-third of that. Founded by a former DuPont scientist in Wilmington 30 years ago, CMS creates technology to capture and reduce carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions. It will get $875,480 from the state to help …
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The two women representing Compact Membrane Systems became accustomed to being treated differently than their male counterparts. CEO Erica Nemser and Christine Parrish, the business development lead, were asked “a lot of basic, stupid questions, because the assumption of what you know is zero” when they first started making calls together, Parrish said. It was incredibly insulting for Nemser and …
